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Saturday, May 8, 2010

Though I have recently (well, six months ago) started buying high end polishes, I still consider $10 SpaRituals to be a bit much.

This one though? Worth. every. penny.

SpaRitual Optical Illusion

Definitely one of my favorite NOTDs of late. Who knew a swampy color could be so sparkly? Because that's what it is: a swamp monster-colored jelly with green-gold duochrome-y microflakies (really don't know what else to call 'em). It never looks like a straight up swamp monster mani because the microflakies give off a bright green shimmer at all times, which makes it look like a mossy green. But when the sun hits it, oh man, first of all, the base color is really obvious and the gold and green sparkle is so bright and lovely. It's ugly and gorgeous at the same time. (Well, I think it's gorgeous all the time because I like swamp monster-colored manis.)

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I do find Sparituals to be pricey, but this one was just too gorgeous for me to pass up. I'm glad you swatched this! I ordered it right after I saw thenailphile's pictures and it took my breath away. I'm especially glad to see it here though because our skintones are similar. I love how its a rather weird color packed with so much awesome. Thanks for sharing!

You always manage to induce lemmings. I need this now...just made an end of the semester haul so maybe I can order this later in the month as part of an "I'm spending the summer in the chem lab" haul before summer term starts in June. lol

EstherSmileyface, SpaRitual do not test any of their products on animals. Where did you get that false info from? They don't even use animal by-products in any of their products.Optical Illusion is a gorgeous colour. I love it and I can't wait to get my hands on it.